Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura. Text 45

स किन्नरान्किम्पुरुषान्प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभुः ।
मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥४५॥

sa kinnarÄn kimpuruá¹£Än
pratyÄtmyenÄsá¹›jat prabhuḥ
mÄnayann ÄtmanÄtmÄnam
ÄtmÄbhÄsaá¹ vilokayan

 saḥ - Lord BrahmÄ; kinnarÄn - the Kinnaras; kimpuruá¹£Än - the Kimpuruá¹£as; pratyÄtmyena - from his reflection (in water); asá¹›jat - created; prabhuḥ - the lord of the living beings (BrahmÄ); mÄnayan - admiring; ÄtmanÄ ÄtmÄnam - himself by himself; Ätma-ÄbhÄsam - his reflection; vilokayan - seeing.


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One day, BrahmÄ, the creator of the living entities, beheld his own reflection in the water, and admiring himself, he evolved Kimpuruá¹£as as well as Kinnaras out of that reflection.

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